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Ref no:
274282
Published:
09/05/2022
Closes:
09/06/2022
Location:
Caledonian School, Caledonian Road, Glengarnock, KA14 3DA
Salary:
£18,720 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
40 hours per week

Location: Caledonian School, Caledonian Road, Glengarnock, KA14 3DA

Salary: £18,720

Contract Type: Perm

Position Type: Term time

Hours: 40 hours p/w

Spark of Genius Ltd operates small therapeutic residential care homes throughout Scotland and England for young people with a variety of support requirements. We also educate young people in our schools who cannot sustain a mainstream educational placement.

Caledonian School is a small specialist provision catering for pupils with complex social and emotional needs and autism. We currently have a vacancy for a Teaching Assistant who is able to engage and support vulnerable and challenging children. You will be relentless in supporting our students to achieve a high standard of attainment throughout their time with the school and in preparing the students for their next steps. You must be flexible, innovative and responsive, able to work effectively with our teachers to identify every opportunity to help our children and young people develop their skills and confidence, both academically and personally. The position will involve teaching small groups of pupils aged 8-14 or 11-16 who encounter social, emotional, behavioural and educational difficulties.

Applicants should be committed individuals with experience of teaching pupils with Autistic Spectrum Conditions as well as other complex social / emotional needs. The ability to develop creative learning environments for our young people is essential. Applicants must be fully registered with the GTC Scotland, or be eligible to register.

Spark of Genius is committed to protecting and safeguarding the welfare of the young people we care for and any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory reference checks, Medical questionnaire and Protection Vulnerable Groups Membership.

To apply, please visit www.sparkofgenius.com and click on careers where you will find the application form as well as the job description and person specification. Applications should be sent to humanresources@sparkofgenius.com